“A smoke alarm is not going to save your home. It’s going to save the most precious thing you have, and that’s the people inside.” Last year, Robert Harris, an Army veteran and the chief operations officer for the ARCLouisiana, experienced a tragic home fire. He credits smoke alarms that were installed by Red Cross volunteers for saving his life. “Without a shadow of a doubt, I can say that the reason I'm sitting here and talking to you today is because that smoke alarm went off,” Robert said. “If it had not gone off, there’s no way I would be alive — the smoke would’ve gotten me before I made it out of bed.” That night, Robert and his service dog were sleeping in bed when he was jolted awake by the screeching sound of smoke alarms. He heard an unfamiliar roar coming from the living room. When he went to open the bedroom door to investigate, he was met with fire and black smoke that burned his eyes. Thankfully, Robert and his dog were able to escape through the bedroom window. “I ...